Im preparing for my long walk and have to take minimum things with me. Besides the weight, the non practicality of taking many supplements along The Way. So I just want to take one if that. I'll be walking for 35 days. 800k. Sleeping in albergues so need to carry the basics which includes a sleeping bag and of course my T3

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I haven't tested in a while Clutter. I take a few at the moment but thinking of taking just the most important one which I have no clue. D3 is not going because I'll have plenty of sun walking in Spain.

I would take magnesium because I am deficient in it and because I found it helpful on holiday when I used to walk a lot. I used to take Nutri's UltraMuscleze with me which is a powder and very light to carry, although these days I use Carolyn Dean's ReMag solution, but that's a liquid so too heavy to carry with you all that way.

Good luck, I'm looking forward to hearing about your journey when you get back, it's something I would love to have done having heard my brother enthuse about it so much

I've been taking magnesium for a while, I'll have a look at the one you mention in power should be easier. Framboise, I'm actually considering setting up an instagram account, my whole family is in Brasil, and they would like to follow my journey too. As I'm on exam preparation at university, this all took a back seat, I'm trying to contain my excitement but still feeling like a child on Christmas eve at the ripe age of 44 :-). As soon as I have that account and the donation page that Louise here will help me set up, I'll write a new post. I'm following this forum, maybe it will help you decide about coming. caminodesantiago.me/community/

There is magnesium and magnesium so taking the right one is essential. A red cell magnesium test will show deficiency levels. I have magnesium sulphate injections which are difficult to take whilst travelling. However, by bypassing the stomach the majority is absorbed. According to my specialist(and me) Bio care multi mineral capsules contain magnesium chloride which is the best one to be absorbed by the stomach. I understand aprox60% or so. That may seem low but compared with the oxide variety at 4-10 % it is very good.

Oh I will certainly follow you when you post the link and I'll donate, anyone doing those walks deserves a donation! Thank you for the link to the forum, at the moment I can manage about half a mile but one of these days my back will get better Good luck...

U would have to drink three glasses of milk to add up to what it takes but as u know the supplements r better if it's eaten in your foods ....... and with hachimotos they tell u not to do dairy I'm ok with that because now I'm lactose intolerant

I'm on the Camino Levante right now, not carrying one more thing than I have to on a Camino with nothing much in the way of pilgrims or indeed shops, but on the Frances there are plenty of pharmacies so you can always get what you need. I wouldn't count on too much sunshine once you get to Galicia, though. Spain or not there is a reason for it being green. Remember to take your EHIC.

Brfran!!!!! You're on The Way! That's great! I'm starting on May the 14th. Thought there would be more sun by then. And yes they say on the frances better infra structure. I'm so looking forward to it. How long are you going to walk for? Is it your first time? How's your thyroid behaving? Buen Camino!!!

my first time on the Levante, but not my first Camino. I cycled the Frances in 2001, and I've been a Camino recidivist ever since. Galicia is well, damp. I'm walking as from today, after spending a week in Alicante province donkey sitting for a friend while he had his holiday. It's sunny here, near Valencia, but very windy. I don't have a thyroid any more, after it was removed together with its cancer just before Christmas, but the meds are nicely sorted and I'm feeling good. I'll walk for two weeks, then jump ahead to Ourense so as to finish in Santiago before returning home at the end of April.

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